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Field notes on causal AI for industry.

Research, benchmarks, and lessons from deploying agentic AI on real production lines.

Jan 4, 2026

Beyond Vector Search: Rethinking Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Knowledge Graphs, Hybrid Retrieval, and Query Rewriting

Traditional vector-search RAG breaks down on complex enterprise questions. This piece introduces Enhanced RAG — knowledge-graph-aware retrieval, query rewriting, multi-hop reasoning, hybrid reranking, and vision-aware analysis of technical figures — so retrieval works on meaning and intent rather than surface similarity.

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Aug 4, 2025

The Death of ‘Good Enough’ OCR: Why Your PDFs Are Lying to You

High character-accuracy scores hide the fact that a tiny OCR error can wreck a document QA pipeline. ThirdAI's Beyond OCR argues that messy industrial documents need structure-aware extraction, on-prem processing, and smart chunking instead of 'good enough' character recognition.

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Apr 7, 2025

Reducing Semiconductor Defects with Probabilistic Contrastive Counterfactuals

Traditional defect detection tells fabs a wafer is bad but not why. ThirdAI Automation's probabilistic contrastive counterfactuals generate quantified "what if" scenarios that pinpoint which process parameters drive defects and how much adjusting them raises yield.

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Mar 19, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Knowledge Loss: Industrial Downtime Across Sectors

When experienced engineers leave, their hard-won tacit knowledge walks out with them - driving inefficient maintenance, longer troubleshooting, and costly downtime. This piece quantifies the per-hour cost across industries and lays out strategies for retaining critical expertise.

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FAQ

Questions from the fab floor.

How is Causal Intelligence different from correlation-based analytics?

It models cause and effect across your operational knowledge graph, so you get the true driver with the evidence behind it - not just a correlated signal that leaves engineers guessing.

How long does a pilot take?

A typical pilot runs 60-90 days on your own operational data, with measurable impact on RCA cycle time by the end of the engagement.

Where does our data live?

Deploy in your VPC or fully on-prem / air-gapped - data never leaves your environment. We hold SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and CCPA.

Which systems does it connect to?

MES, SPC/FDC, historians, EDA & yield, PLM, CMMS, and ticketing - all feed the CIP Core evidence layer through standard connectors.

Do we need a data-science team to run it?

No. Enterprise MLOps governs fab-specific models for you, so engineers work inside the resolution workflow instead of notebooks.

Understand it. Resolve it. Prevent it.

See the Causal Intelligence Platform (CIP) run on your own operational data. One causal engine and one knowledge graph connect diagnostics, process intelligence, defect feedback, and resolution orchestration - so every finding is explained, scored, and acted on.

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